It was a warm, muggy, rainy night in South Florida as the Broncos came to town. Denver opened the scoring near the end of the 1st quarter with a 10 play 67 yard drive culminating in a 5 yard Cookie Gilchrist scamper for 6. Miami stormed right back down the field with Bob Griese hitting Larry Seiple from 21 yards out to tie the score at 7-7. Denver scored a TD from Jacky Lee to Lionel Taylor but Miami struck right back again with Griese finding Jack Clancy for a 43 yard score. 14-14 at the Half. Denver would strike first in the 2nd half with Gilchrist going in again from 4 yards. Near the end of the 3rd quarter with Denver up 21-14, the Denver defense forces a punt by Miami on 4th down and 4. The punt is caught by Odell Barry and taken back for a TD........but wait there is a flag down. Denver was offside, not only costing the Broncos 6 but giving Miami a first down. Miami cannot capitalize however because of a missed FG. Denver drives down the field and makes it two score game with a 20 yard FG. Miami will not lay down though and Griese hits Seiple for the 2nd time, this one from 24 yards, to cut the lead to 24-21. The Dolphins are able to force a quick 3 and out and get the ball back with 2:14 left on the clock. The Dolphins get a Pass Interference call to give them a first down and on the next play Griese hits Clancy for a 43 yard score to put the Fins up 28-24. There is still 1:34 left on the clock though. Denver quickly drives to the Miami 15 with passes to Taylor and Haynes. Lee hits Haynes on 3rd down taking the Broncos to the 8 yard line with 24 seconds left but he is a couple yards short of the 1st. 4th and 2 from the 8 Lee drops back and throws a slant to Taylor but it falls incomplete and the Dolphins win. Griese ends the game with 280 yards and 4 TD passes to get the MVP. Great game called by Cela.
--submitted by Andy Sexton--
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